NSW to Review Presumption that Children Cannot Be Guilty of Criminal Offences
The New South Wales Attorney-General has commissioned a review tasked with determining whether a legal doctrine - known as doli incapax – which presumes children aged between 10 and 14 years are incapable of forming the mental component of criminal...
Cassius Turvey Murder Case: The Impact of Race and Social Status in Criminal Investigations
The murder of 13-year-old Cassius Turvey, a Noongar schoolboy from Perth, at the hands of a group of white men while he was walking home from school was one of the most confronting criminal cases in recent Australian history, highlighting...
Practical Legal Training in New South Wales Is “No Longer Fit for Purpose”
Practical legal training (PLT) is the final step before a person who has successfully completed an accredited law degree or diploma can become eligible for admission as a lawyer in New South Wales. The component is administered by the Legal...
Anti-Money Laundering Obligations of Lawyers in New South Wales
A new regime which comes into effect on 1 July 2026 will impose a range of obligations on New South Wales lawyers when it comes anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF), including to register with AUSTRAC, develop AML/CTF programs, conduct...
NSW Police Force Targets the Possession of Knives in Public Places
The New South Wales Police Force has hailed a recent high-visibility operation to be a great success, removing over 100 weapons from the streets and leading to hundreds arrested and charged with criminal offences. Operation Foil III ran across the...
Youth Crime: Prevention and Diversion Produce Better Outcomes than Punitive Measures
Australian federal, state and territory governments have in recent years passed a range of laws which take an increasingly punitive approach to youth crime - a populist approach which focuses on incarcerating troubled youths in detention centres rather than addressing...
Assassination of Charlie Kirk Shocks the World
The assassination of the founder of conservative youth organisation, Turning Point USA, has been denounced across the political spectrum and sheds further light on the deep social divisions within the United States. The 31-year old – who expressed anti-immigration and...
The Ease With Which Criminals Acquire Firearms Renews Calls for Additional Safeguards
A recent investigative report suggests that, despite Australia’s stringent firearm control laws, safety gaps have enabled legally obtained firearms to slip into the hands criminal groups - renewing debate about the level of regulation, monitoring and control required to increase...
Police Should Target Sovereign Citizens and Other Right-Wing Extremists, Not Muslim Youths
Recent decades have seen a heavy law enforcement focus on the Muslim community over fears of terrorism offences, with raids by heavily-armed law enforcement officers on hundreds of homes across the nation without corresponding criminal charges, the monitoring, targeting and...
Firearms in Australia: The Tension Between Ownership and Control
The massacre in Port Arthur in Tasmania on 28 April 1996 was the impetus for the Howard government to pass laws to restrict the ownership of firearms in Australia. But the tension between the ability to own firearms and the...
